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# Matsyapurana 53.23

Matsyapurāṇa 53.23

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [53.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.53.23)

yatrāha nārado dharmān bṛhatkalpāśrayāṇi ca  
pañcaviṃśatsahasrāṇi nāradīyaṃ taducyate //

> (6) \*The Nâradîya Purâṇa.\*—The Nâradîya Purâṇa, containing 25,000 ślokas is that in which Nârada has described the Bṛihatakalpa and the dharmas of the Bṛihatkalpa.—23.  
> — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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## Translations (2)

- [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.53.p15) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.53.23) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (3)

- [History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v7.c90.201) — P. V. Kane, English
- [Matsya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.matsya.52.23) — Sanskrit
- [Studies in the Purāṇic Records on Hindu Rites and Customs](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.hazra-1940.c7.s12.6) — R. C. Hazra, English

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